高中英語(yǔ) unit2 getting a job project課件 牛津譯林版選修11

1、Unit 2 Getting a job,Planning a gap year,Project,“Gap year” is a British English term that refers to a period of time, usually a year, when a student takes time off from full-time education. This year generally taken bef

2、ore a student begins college or university. While the concept of taking a year off to prepare for college is a relatively new on in the US and other countries, in the UK, an estimated 50,000 young people take a gap year

3、 prior to attending university.,Questions for you:,1. If you have a chance to take a year off before going to university, would you do it?2. Do you think this would help you get a better job once you fin

4、ished your studies?,List the advantages of taking a gap year.1. Gives young people an opportunity to learn skills and gain life experience.2. Helps young people develop and grow.3. Teaches students how to wor

5、k with a group of strangers and how to look after themselves without the help of family or friends.,4. Makes students better able to work without needing direction, and they tend to work better w

6、ith colleagues from different backgrounds.,Scan the text and answer the following questions:,How many people have taken a gap year in the passage?Does the writer have a positive ornegative attitude towards takin

7、g a gap year?,Three people.,The writer takes a positive attitude.,Para 1,1. What is the traditional course of a student leaving school?,He or she would go straight to universityand study for three or four years bef

8、ore joining the world of work and beginning the slow climb up the career ladder.,Reading:,2. How long is it since thousands of young people took the gap?,Three years.,3. Which part of the world is not a destin

9、ation of the students who take one year gap?,The Antarctic.,Para 2-4,1. Who are in favour of the gap year?,The government, universities and companies.,2. Why do more and more companies prefer to hire graduat

10、es who have taken a gap year?,Because a gap year gives young people an opportunity to learn skills and gain life experience.,Para 5,1. What was Carol’s project last year?,To help save the Amazon rainforest.,2. Wh

11、at was the benefits of her gap year?,She became more independent and helped protect the rainforest.,Para 6,1. What did Daniel Jones do in his gap year?,Teaching in Ghana.,2. How did he feel living among poor local

12、people?,Challenging but worthwhile.,3. How bad was the situation there?,No basic things like refrigerators or cookers, no electricity.,4. What is he ready to do in the future?,To face challenges.,Para 7,1. What did Marti

13、n do in his gap year?,He helped build a school in a poor part of India.,2. What did he want to learn?,How to deal with difficult situations.,3. What had he never done before?,Helping people harvest their crops.,4. How di

14、d he feel like being a part of another culture?,Special.,Para 8-9,What are exactly the sort of skills companies are looking for?,The skills of how to work with a group of strangers and how to look after themsel

15、ves without the help of family or friends.,2. How do you understand the sentence “taking a gap year may give students an edge in the job market”?,It is more likely to get a job.,Read the text again and take note

16、s of the three examples of taking a gap year. Complete the table using information from the article.,B. Find out the benefits of taking a gap year with the help of the 8 questions on page 31. Then write an es